The typical FMV of similar units is between $70-75k.Seller is motivated and willing to listen to creative financing offers.

I'll lay it all out there in the hope that some folks might have some useful insights or advice.I've been an "amateur" investor for most of my adult life, typically only having one or two rentals, with one unit being part of a duplex that I resided in.

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How long are the typical leases in that area?

Don,Will,and John are right on.What a typical Guru will do is throw the meat out there and get the potential investor in a frenzy and then they will buy a course to only get mostly fluff.I can tell you being a commercial broker and investor is hard work.I was breaking down trash the other day from a tenant that left so that bulk would pick it up from one of my units.I don't look at the work but where it will get me too and the experience and learning.Once you accept that you will work smart but also very hard you will get ahead.If you keep believing in silver bullets to instant riches then you will spend years trying every BS infomercial and magazine gig out there.What gets me is people with an investing dream getting the little money they have sucked away by a GURU that thinks they are just a number and revenue builder making them richer and richer.

Not sure if this is typical...

They should also be able to tell you what type of return parameters their investors are typically looking for and you should be able to compare your structure to those of their more successful raises.Again, it all sounds like a great idea right now, but you have to also remember, capital investors get to make the rules right now.

I do know that seller financing is typical to exit projects though and this is why we carved this out of our acquisitions criteria.

How typical is it for a HOA to place restrictions on the number of units (townhomes, not condos) to be rented vs. to be used as primary residence?

Wholesalers typically wholesale the type of properties that their farm area dictates right?